Over 200 attendees from across the UK came to the 2017 edition of the Spring Meeting for Clinician Scientists in Training, which was held on 23 February 2017 at the Royal College of Physicians, London.
The Spring Meeting featured keynote talks from two outstanding scientists, Professor Geraint Rees FMedSci and Professor Janet Lord FMedSci.
- The keynote talks and the oral plenary competitions were live streamed and video recordings are available from our YouTube Channel.
- A selection of photos can be viewed on our facebook page.
- The Spring Meeting twitter discussions are available in this storify page.
This year the Spring Meeting also marked the launch of our new campaign to celebrate the different people and diverse working styles operating in UK biomedical research. Further details about the #MedSciLife campaign are available our new website.
The Spring Meeting competitions
There were three competitions open to clinical academics at the Spring Meeting: the poster competition (which is open to everyone); the oral plenary competition (which is open to pre-doctoral and doctoral researchers); the Young Investigator competition (which is open to postdoctoral researchers). Accepted abstracts were published in a special edition of The Lancet.
Young Investigator competition - presentations can be watched in our YouTube channel.
Winners (this year's Lancet prize was shared between two competitors):
- Dr Shishir Shetty (University of Birmingham) - Stabilin-1 is a second line defence against oxidative stress and regulates tissue injury and repair.
- Dr Tom Wingfield (University of Liverpool) - A household-randomized controlled evaluation of socioeconomic support to improve tuberculosis preventive therapy uptake and increase tuberculosis treatment success in Peru.
Runners up (this year's runner up prize was shared between two competitors):
- Dr Iain Murray (University of Edinburgh) - α integrins on perivascular mesenchymal cells critically regulate skeletal and cardiac muscle fibrosis.
- Dr Panagiotis Sergouniotis (University of Manchester) - A gene-based case-control association study using exome sequencing identifies the molecular basis of two monogenic disorders.
Oral Plenary competition - presentations can be watched in our YouTube channel.
Winner (this year’s Medical Research Society prize was shared between two competitors):
- Dr Ester Coutinho (University of Oxford) - Maternal CASPR2 antibodies and neurodevelopmental disorders in the offspring: epidemiological findings and animal model.
- Dr Felicity Fitzgerald (University College London) - Refining the paediatric Ebola case definition: a study of children in Sierra Leone with suspected Ebola virus disease.
Poster competition
Winner (The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Prize):
- Dr Anjum Khan (University College London) - Targeting therapeutic T cells to the bone marrow niche
Runners up:
- Dr Miriam Berry (University of Cambridge) - Renal Sodium Gradient Orchestrates a Dynamic Anti-Bacterial Defence Zone
- Dr Jasmina Cehajic Kapetanovic (University of Manchester) - Restoration of Vision with Ectopic Expression of Human Rod Opsin
- Dr Rahul Kalla (University of Edinburgh) - Epigenetic alterations in inflammatory bowel disease
- Dr Shivani Misra (Imperial College London) - Type 1 diabetes phenotype is similar in UK white and south Asian people with young-onset diabetes
Nearly 250 attendees from across the UK came to this year's Spring Meeting for Clinician Scientists in training. The meeting was held on 25 February 2016 at the Royal College of Physicians.
Photos of the 2016 Spring Meeting are available here.
The Spring Meeting featured keynote talks from two outstanding scientists:
Professor Sir Mark Walport FRS FMedSci, UK Government Chief Scientific Advisor, shared his experience developing a career in academic medicine and views on the the research landscape in the UK.
Dr Nitzan Rosenfeld - The winner of the prestigious Foulkes Foundation Medal talked about his research in cancer diagnosis.
The oral and poster competitions
All accepted abstracts were published in a special edition of The Lancet.
Young Investigator competition - for postdoctoral clinical academic trainees (Clinical Lecturers, Clinician Scientist Fellows or equivalent posts).
Winners (this year's Lancet prize was shared between two competitors):
- Dr Robert Aldridge
- Dr Vanessa Wong
Runners up (this year's runner up prize was shared between two competitors):
- Dr Karin Straathof
- Dr David Thomas
Oral Plenary competition - for pre-PhD (Foundation Year doctors and ACFs) and PhD students.
Winner (Medical Research Society prize): Dr Sasha Howard
Runner up: Ada Teo
Poster competition - open to those at all stages of research/clinical training.
Winner (The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Prize): Dr Felicity Fitzgerald
Runners up (in no particular order):
- Dr Claire Booth / Dr Sofia Theodoropoulou (shared prize)
- Dr Antonio de Marvao
- Dr Paul Sutton
- Dr Edwin Wong
The 2015 Spring Meeting was held on 26 February 2015 at the Royal College of Physicians. 200 attendees from across the UK came to network and share their research findings.
You can find photos of the 2015 Spring Meeting here (please use password AMS001).
This year Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO came to the Spring meeting. During her visit she met a few groups of attendees and visited poster displays before formally opening the oral plenary competition.
You can find photographs from the 2015 Spring Meeting here - please use password AMS001 to log in.
The Spring Meeting featured keynote talks from two outstanding scientists:
Professor Andrew Schafer, Professor of Medicine in Hematology-Oncology and Director of the Richard T. Silver Center for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Weill Cornell Medical College, shared his insights into the development of clinical academic careers from an international perspective.
Professor Fiona Watt FRS FMedSci, Director of the Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, King's College London, closed the meeting with a talk on stem cells, cell differentiation and tumour formation.
The oral and poster competitions were one of the highlight of the day. All accepted abstracts are published in a special edition of The Lancet available here.
Young Investigator competition
Lancet prize winner: Dr Myles Lewis
Runner up: Dr Agatha van der Klaauw
Oral plenary competition
MRS prize winner: Dr Michael O'Reilly
Runner up: Dr James Gilchrist
Poster competition
The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Prize: Dr Svetlana Reilly
Runners up (in no particular order):
- Dr Meghan Perry
- Dr Ricardo Jose
- Dr Caroline Jolley
- Dr Jenny Humphreys
Podcasts
Dr Katie Cornthwaite, University of Bristol
The 2014 Spring Meeting was held on 26 February 2014 at the Royal College of Physicians. 250 attendees from across the UK came to London to meet, share their research and network.
Dr Akhilesh Reddy, Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow, University of Cambridge, started the day with a talk on his research into circadian rhythms. Dr Reddy is the 2013 Founlkes Foundation Medal recipient. Professor Eleanor Maguire FMedSci, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, closed the meeting with a talk on memory and the neurological traits of taxi drivers.
The Spring Meeting also featured short talks from Sir Richard Thompson KCVO DM, President, Royal College of Physicians, and Dr Jeremy Farrar FMedSci, Director, the Wellcome Trust.
Young Investigator competition
- Lancet prize winner: Dr Paul Brennan, University of Edinburgh
- Runner up: Dr Eoin McKinney, University of Cambridge
Oral plenary competition
- MRS prize winner: Miss Rachel Guest, University of Edinburgh
- Runner up: Dr Amy Mctague, UCL Institute of Child Health
Poster competition (in no particular order)
- Dr Rupert Beale, University of Cambridge
- Mr Alastair Lamb, Addenbrooke's Hospital and CRUK Cambridge Institute
- Dr Stephen McAdoo, Imperial College London
- Dr Anne-Lise Goddings, University College London
- Mr Marc Bullock, University of Southampton
Podcasts
Young Investigator competition
Dr Paul Brennan, Clinical Lecturer in Neurosurgery and Honorary SPR, University of Edinburgh
Dr Emma Derrett-Smith, Clinical research fellow, UCL Medical School
Poster competition
Dr Sandy Douglas, Academic Clinical Fellow, University of Oxford
Dr Amy Gadoud, Clinical Fellow, Hull York Medical School
Dr Stuart Currie, Clinical Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
Thong Cao Huy, Clinical Research Fellow, University of Leicester
Dr Christopher Moxon , Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool
Dr Katie Williams, Clinical Research Fellow, King's College London
Dr Sara Ajina, Clinical Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Mr Aminul Ahmed, Clinical Lecturer, University of Southampton
Dr Ali Abbara, Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London
